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During our trip to Ouray, CO last month when we stopped for the night in Green River, UT my wife and I both caught a whiff of coolant when we got out of the coach. Seeing as how the engine is in the rear of our coach I thought maybe a hose connection where the bulkhead fittings come out behind...

During our drive home from South Dakota on Saturday we experienced a hellacious wind storm. Just outside of Muddy Gap, WY I caught a visual in my mirror of my fuel compartment door flying open. Luckily it didn’t flip it up far enough to contact any paint but it did exert enough force to...

The wife and I just returned from our annual week long RV/Jeep gathering in the Black Hills of South Dakota with our Jeep club, the FMCA 4-Wheelers and we had a blast. We saw some old friends there as well as met new ones. The weather was great and foliage was in full change exhibiting...

I've used the Billet Specialties on a couple of street rods and race cars that I've built but I feel that they're a bit spendy to use if they are buried out of sight. I've also made tabs and used bulkhead fittings as well as the dual hydraulic clamps and Adel clamps from McMaster Carr. Those...

I think you'll end up liking that DT12. We run the DD13/DT12 setup on all of our OTR trucks now since about 2018 and although the driver's were very reluctant to give them a try, now you can't pry them out of the cabs. Fuel economy also came up which was somewhat surprising. The compression...

I'm drooling over that iron worker. Niiiiiiicccccceeeee.👍

Personally I'll take a day or two of rain over the warm temps we had this year. There's a couple of trails we won't run in the rain but other than that most don't really matter. We actually try and do the Alpine Loop (Engineer Pass and Cinnamon Pass) on rainy days, especially with a group...

That is exactly why there are various choices. We all have to know our limitations. :rofl: Mike.

^^This was a high priority with me as I found I could get to 24~ish PSI with ease but that last several pounds was a bit of a struggle with any of my Viairs and even a struggle for the dual ARB once around 30 or so PSI. As I mentioned earlier many times we are 50-70 miles from our coach and...

I've had compressors for the first 20+ years of Jeeping and now have a couple of 10 lb Powertanks. My son also switched from compressor over to a Powertank system. In my first three Jeeps I just used a Viair 400P portable compressor in the canvas bag but was running 31" then 33" tires so not...

It's getting there Marc. When I moved and started going crazy with my yard I was told 3-4 years before I'd be happy with it. That didn't sit well with me because I had just left a house/yard where the lawn was like carpet and the yard was immaculate. Now I had to work and wait for 3-4 years...

Finished up the Camaro last night. Gasket adhesive sprayed on gasket and stuck to the head. I smear a very thin layer around the water ports on the head before gasket placement then about a 1/4” bead at the front and rear of the lifter valley. Manifold installed and torqued in place...

Great job on the restoration. It's looking great. Sucks about the head. I've heard good things about the Cummins R2.8 engine from a couple guys running them. They are running them in older units as the R2.8 is not USEPA compliant. Mike

Made a little more progress on the Camaro last night until my plans were changed abruptly. Heads cleaned of gasket material from the intake gaskets. Removed rocker covers as both appeared to have some oil leaks. Insides were very clean as was the lifter valley indicating good service...

Very nice job. Mine is just a length of Unistrut with some 90-degree aluminum mounts threaded to it. I like yours better. Mike

I ordered a dividing head about a week and a half ago and it showed up last night. It’s a BS-0 size complete with 5” 3-jaw chuck and tailstock. It is an import unit but I’ve heard good things about it and so far after opening it up and playing with it I think it is a good unit but time will...

This time of year is usually fantastic as the temps are usually quite pleasant in Ouray and surrounding areas. Ouray is at 7800' elevation and the trails are above that. In the past 13 years we've been going to Ouray we've only had to run the A/C in the coach a couple of years. In 2018 we had...

Nice work on the paint. Looks great. Mike

A few pictures from last week’s annual Ouray, CO trip. Campsite. Airing down on day 1 with some friends as we headed over the Alpine Loop via Mineral Creek, Engineer Pass to Lake City then back into Silverton via Cinnamon Pass. Airing down as we begun Ophir Pass into Telluride...

I don't think you'll be disappointed. I know he started several crews going right after completing my shop. With mine being footings/foundation and stick, brick and stucco construction the time as well as materials was quite a bit more than the pole buildings he's building but his crews seem...